In today's PHIG Impact Report, Moses Pretrick, assistant secretary for the Department of Health & Social Affairs with the Federated States of Micronesia, explains how the Public Health Infrastructure Grant has worked for his team.
Dr. Sarah Nosal, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, discusses the importance of family physicians in regard to mental health; Amelia Poulin, ASTHO assistant director of emerging infectious disease...
Kimberley Shoaf, professor of public health and the director of the Rocky Mountains and High Plains Center for Emergency Public Health, discusses how a data-ready ecosystem for public health response can be beneficial...
Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO chief medical officer, provides updates on measles and the avian flu; Dr. Ralph Alvarado, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health and an ASTHO member...
Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and an ASTHO member, tells us why his department wanted to create a dashboard focused on measles; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO senior director of government affairs...
In today's installment of the 'PHIG Impact Report,' Esther Muña, Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation and Territorial Health Official for the Northern Mariana Islands, explains how their Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) funds allowed them to improve...
Rita Condon, program manager for obesity, nutrition, and physical activity with the New Mexico Department of Health, discusses the agency’s annual Childhood Obesity Update and the new initiatives in place to promote healthy eating; Andy Baker-White, senior director for state health policy...
Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive for the State of Michigan, explains the state’s Public Health Data Dashboard, which visualizes public health trends by district and helps to shape awareness of public health’s role in the community;...
Dr. Jamie Means, workforce development director for the Metro Public Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County, explains how they have used Public Health Infrastructure Grant dollars to fund a public health residency program in the latest PHIG Impact Report.
Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO senior director for government affairs, previews ASTHO president Dr. Scott Harris’ testimony before Congress today; Anna Bradley, ASTHO senior analyst with the public health infrastructure and performance improvement team,...
Naomi Adeline-Biggs, public health director of the Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division and an ASTHO member, explains how her team has made community-based organizations a priority; Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health...
Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, gives examples from across the country of success stories that stem from the Public Health Infrastructure Grant in the latest PHIG Impact Report.
Emma Dewhurst, senior program and research associate at the de Beaumont Foundation, tells us why public health and business partnerships are still rare; Edlen Anzures, acting ceputy secretary for the Ministry of Health and Human Services in the...
Soulmaz Rostami, program manager for the Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program, tells us how the program is helping to fill a need for qualified public health workers in the island areas; Susan Gilbert, co-director of the National Coalition for...
Dr. Puthiery Va, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, explains how PHIG has helped Maine create a new Office of Violence Prevention in the latest PHIG Impact Report.
